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By Andrew Russeth 5/21 11:45am

Lyon Biennale

(Courtesy Lyon Bienniale)

Here’s the Complete 2013 Lyon Biennale Artist List

For the past few months, the Lyon Biennale has been releasing the names of artists that will have work in its 12th edition, which runs Sept. 12, 2013, through Jan. 5, 2014. Now the full list is out, and it is a handsome one, ranging from established stars like Jeff Koons, Tom Sachs and Yoko Ono to exciting younger artists like Trisha Baga, Helen Marten and Anicka Yi. Some 80 percent of the works are being specially made for the biennale, according to organizers. Other items of note: there will be a Performance Weekend Oct. 19–20, a Video Weekend Nov. 30–Dec. 1 and a Robotics Weekend (“It will be a discussion between artists, researchers and… robots,” says a news release). Roe Ethridge shot promotional photos of attractive young people (see the image at left) and a pig. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 5/20 1:31pm

Art Critics

Henry McBride, who was an art critic for The New York Sun in the 1920s, in a painting by Florine Stettheimer. (Courtesy Smith College)

There Are Fewer Than 10 Full-Time Art Critics in the U.S. [Updated]

Since it’s a pretty nice day out, I figured it might be an okay time to share some fairly depressing news, which you may have just read in the headline above: there are now less than 10 full-time art critics working at newspapers and magazines in the United States. This comes to us via Deborah Solomon on her recent WNYC appearance. (It seems that Chicago’s edition of Time Out laid off its art critic last month.) At least we can all celebrate that the majority of the survivors work in New York. Read More

By Zoë Lescaze, Andrew Russeth, Michael H. Miller and Dan Duray 5/20 12:00pm

Happenings

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SATURDAY | Opening: "Ellsworth Kelly: Chatham Series" at MoMA

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before May 26

MONDAY, MAY 20

Benefit: Fire Island Pines Performance Series Benefit Party
A benefit that includes performances by Tyler Ashley, Megha Barnabas and Ryan McNamara, plus music by Thinner, Lauren Dillard and JD Samson. Hosted by John Early and Ladyfag. —Michael H. Miller
209 Elizabeth Street, New York, VIP 6-8 p.m., after party at 8 p.m. Tickets $25 to $100, available at iheartfireisland.org

Inaugural Hyperallergic ArtTalk: Klaus Biesenbach
Want to hear Klaus talk about “Expo 1?” Want to drink some Pernod? Want to high five Hrag Vartanian? Sure you do! —Dan Duray Read More

By Andrew Russeth 5/17 1:22pm

Books

The official Heathers announcement. (Courtesy Publication Studios)

It’s Looking Like a Great Saturday for Art Books

If the weather reports are to be believed, this is going to be one gorgeous Saturday in New York—a high of about 72, pretty much no chance of rain and just a few clouds in the sky.

It’s also shaping up to be a banner day for art books, with at least three major events on tap for May 18, which are listed below. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 5/17 12:46pm

Awards

Douglas. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan Company)

Scotiabank Photography Award to Stan Douglas

Photographer Stan Douglas has been selected for this year’s Scotiabank Photography Award, beating out Angela Grauerholz and Robert Walker. Mr. Douglas will take home a $50,000 prize, have a selection of his work published in a book by Steidl and have a one-person show at Toronto’s 2014 CONTACT Photography Festival. (Pretty nice selection of benefits.) Read More

By Andrew Russeth 5/16 3:45pm

human resources

Marian Goodman and Butler. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan Company)

Hammer Taps Connie Butler for Chief Curator Job

Los Angeles’s Hammer Museum announced today that it has hired Connie Butler to serve as its chief curator, taking the place of Douglas Fogle, who stepped down about a year ago. Ms. Butler was already bound for L.A. to curate the museum’s 2014 “Made in L.A.” biennial with Michael Ned Holte. She had served as chief curator of drawings at the Museum of Modern Art since 2006. Read More

By Zoë Lescaze, Andrew Russeth and Dan Duray 5/16 12:19pm

Frieze New York 2013

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Anne Hathaway

A Final Look Back at Frieze Week 2013

Every second counts during Frieze Week, and so last Wednesday, the evening before the fair opened, you could see people getting visibly nervous in front of David Zwirner as 6 p.m. came and went, and the doors for Jeff Koons’s first show with the dealer did not open. There was a lot to see that night: Rob Pruitt’s psychedelic installation at the old Passerby space, with its promises of ice cream and T-shirts, and Tobias Rehberger’s bar at the Hôtel Americano and—Mr. Zwirner finally swung open the door to one gallery at a few minutes before 7, gamely holding it for the masses as art handlers continued to work on the installation inside. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 5/15 2:00pm

human resources

Freiman. (Photo by Nick D'Emilio/IMA)

Curator Lisa Freiman Will Be First Director of Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University

Lisa Freiman, a senior curator and chair of the contemporary art department at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, has been tapped to become the first director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Va. The future home of the ICA, designed by Steven Holl Architects, is under construction and Read More